Brief Life History of Nellie Gray
When Nellie Gray Shilcutt was born on 25 September 1872, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Sgt James Russell Shilcutt, was 34 and her mother, Lucinda Ellen Alford, was 29. She lived in District 6, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 29 April 1950, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Nellie Shillcott in household of Kate Benton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nellie Gray Shilcutt, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
- Nellie G Shilcutt in household of James Shilcutt, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Chilcott .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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